The Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba, run by the government, was established on 1 April 1881. It was previously the Toowoomba jail. The superintendent and matron of the jail were appointed superintendent and matron of the school under the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act of 1865. Under the Act, children under the age…
The Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton was run by the State Government of Queensland. Boys under the age of 18 years were sentenced to a term of confinement at the reformatory by Children’s Courts. It opened 1881 when inmates from the hulk Proserpine were transferred to the new land-based reformatory. It closed 1899 when the…
The Aboriginal Girls Home was situated in a house at West End called Cranbrook, in the vicinity of Victoria and Kurilpa streets. It acted as a receiving depot for Aboriginal domestic servants from all over Queensland. Any single girl or woman travelling through Brisbane, visiting for medical attention or between domestic service stints was forced…
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The Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre, at Windsor, was formerly known as the Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre. A government-run facility, it operated under its new name as a remand centre until 2001, when it closed. The Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions (1998-1999) examined conditions at the Sir Leslie…
The Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre, at Windsor, was a State government-run institution for children perceived to be ‘trouble-makers’, emotionally disturbed children, and those who had broken the law. It came into being in 1983 and was formerly the Wilson Youth Hospital. The report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland…
The Townsville Receiving Depot was previously known as the Townsville Orphanage. The Townsville Receiving Depot was a government-run institution, and filled the role of reception, care and boarding out of children to foster homes. In 1964, it became known as Carramar Children’s Home. The 1999 report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children…
The Carramar Children’s Home was a government-run Home, located in Townsville. It was previously known as the Townsville Receiving Depot. Children moved into a new building in 1966, possibly as a result of the passage of the Children’s Services Act 1965 which required that children be given adequate lodging and that institutions be maintained at…
The Warilda Children’s Home and Warilda Infants’ Home was a state-run institution situated at Wooloowin. Until 1964, it was previously known as the Diamantina Receiving Home. The report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions (1999) stated that clothing was manufactured at Warilda, and that this clothing was provided to…
The Townsville Orphanage was established on 30th August 1878. The Queensland Government assumed control with the passing of the Orphanages Act 1879. In 1934, its name changed to the Townsville Receiving Depot. Original committee members charged with administering the orphanage were Gilbert William Eliot, the Reverend William Gray, Frederick Gordon, Patrick Francis Hanran and Joseph…
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